Clothes-cleaning brush



May l1 1926.

.- J. A. I IVESAY CLOTHES GLEANING'BRUSH Filed Sept, 5. 1923 2 -Mumm f@JVA. fz/ESAK Patented May 11, 1926.

JAY A. LIvEsAY, orsAir muso, CALIFORNIA.

cLoTnns-cLnAnrne BRUSH.

Application filed September 5,1923. Serial No. 660,992'.

My invention relates to clothes cleaning brushes, particularly to abrush which supplies a cleaning liquid to the bristles coming in contactwith and adapted to clean clothes, and the objects of my invention are:First, to provide a brush of this class which has a cleaning liquidsupply tank in connection therewith; second, to provide a brush of thisclass in which a liquid supply tank serves also as a handle for thebrush; third, to provide a novelly constructed, easily operated andreadily accessible valve for discharging the cleaning liquid from thetank to the bristles; fourth, to Vprovide novel means for distributingthe cleaning liquid to the different bristles; fifth, to provide a meansin connection with brush of'this class whereby the cleaning liquid willflow to and through the bristles in small, limited quantities; sixth, toprovide as a whole a novelly constructed brush of this class, andseventh, to provide a clothes cleaning brush of this class which is verysimple and economical of construction, durable, etlicient, and whichwill not readily deteriorate or get out of order.

With these and other objects in view, as will appear hereinafter, myinvention consists of certain novel features of construction,combination and arrangement of parts and portions as will be hereinafterdescribed in detail and particularly set forth in the appended claim,reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the charactersof reference thereon, which form a part of this application, in Which:

Figure l is a side elevational view of my clothes cleaning brush; F ig.2 is a longitudinal, sectional, elevational view thereof, taken through2--2 of Fig. 3; Fig. 3 is a transverse, sectional. elevational viewthereof, taken through 3-3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary, planview of my brush.

Like characters of reference refer to similar parts and portionsthroughout the several views of the drawings.

The bristle supporting member l, bristles 2, tank members 3 and 4,screws 5, cap receiving member 6, cap 7, resilient member 8, valveleather support 9, valve leather 10, valve knob ll, and the plasticmaterial 12, constitute the principal parts and portions of my clothescleaning brush structure.

The bristles 2 of my brush are supported by and in the bristlesupporting member l, preferably of wood or any other suitable material,and extend downwardly therefrom, the outer row of bristles beingpreferably directed outwardly at a slight angle. rhe bristle supportingmember l is provided with a plurality of reduced holes la, extendingfrom the inner side thereof to the inner ends of the bristles 2, throughwhich the cleaning liquid flows to the ends and thence through thebristles to the outer ends thereof. The cleaning liquid supplytankconsists of a tank member 3 having a bottom 4 secured thereto in anyconvenient manner,A which bottom member separates the contents of thetank from the space between the bottom and the bristle supporting memberl. The tank, being provided with a continuous,downwardly extendingflange, is secured to the outer edge of the bristle supporti-ng member lby means of the screws 5 extendingthrough the flange of said tank.'At'the 'upper portion of the tank member l and near one end thereof isprovided a cap receiving member 6 for filling the tank with. thecleaning liquid, a cap 7 being adapted to be secured in the member 6.The side walls of the tank member 3 are preferably made recedinginwardly towards their upper portions, the long side walls thereof beingprovided with elognated, inwardly extending, curved recesses 3a intowhich the lingers of the user of the brush are adapted to extend forsecurely gripping the same. Near one end of the bottom member 4 is isprovided an opening 4a for discharging the cleaning liquid from the sameto the bristles. I have provided a resilient valve member 8, preferablycurved, positioned in the space between the bottom of the same and thetop of the bristle support- `ing member l and extending transverselytherethrough. The one end of said member 8 is bent downwardly andsecured between the bristle supporting member 1 and the downwardlyextending flange of the tank member 3 by means of a screw 5 extendingthrough and into said members. The other end of said member 8 extendsthrough the tank members 3 and 4, as shown best in Fig. 8 of thedrawings, and is provided at its outwardly extending end with a knob 11for operating the valve. Intermediate the ends of the resilient valvemember S, in line with the opening` 4a in the tank member 4, is thevalve leather supporting `member 9, preferably a conventional splitrivet extending through and secured to the member 8, preferably byspreadingthe split end of said rivet, as shown in the drawings.Intermediate the tank member 4 and the member 9, and supported by thehead of said rivet, is a valve'leather 10, Which Vis positioned againstthe member L over the opening thereof by means of the inherent spring ofthe member 8. Y

It Will be noted that when exerting a force on the knob 11, theresilient val-ve member 8 being slightly curved when the valve isclosed, will be distorted to a greater extent, as shown by dotted linesin Fig. 3 of the drawings, and open the Vvalve, perilitting the ceaningliquid from the tank to -flow onto the bristle supporting member l,,distribute ing the liquid thereon.

There is preferably provided plastic matef .rial 12 between thedownwardly extending tange of the tank member 3 and the outer edges ofthe bristle supporting member1 l to rigidly support the member l thereinand also to prevent unnecessary loss of the oleaning Huid. l t

It is obvious from this construction as illustrated in the drawings anddescribed in the foregoing specification that there i6 provided. a brushstructure as aimed at and set forth in the objects of the invention, andthough I have shown and described a partieular construction, combinationand arrangement of parts and portions, I do not Wish to be limited tothis particular construction, combination and arrangement, but desire toinclude in the scope of my invention the construction, combination andarrangement substantially as set forth in the appended claim- Havingthus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters. Patent, is:

In a brush of the class described, a bristle supporting member, a tankpositioned on one side of said bristle supporting member and securedthereto, and a valve positioned in the passage bet-Ween said tank andsaid bristle supporting member, said valve including a resilient bowedmember secured at oney end to said tank with its free end e-Xtendingtothe exterior of saidtank for manipulating the v ahre, and a valve memberpositioned intermediate the ends of said resilient inember and adaptedto be positioned'over an opening in said tank by means of the inherentspring of the'resilient member.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set inv hand at San' Diego,California, this 30th day of August, 1923.

JAY A. LIVESAY.

